Biology:Pelobatrachus
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Megophrys.nasuta.7034.jpg | image_caption = Long-nosed horned frog (P. nasutus) | taxon = Pelobatrachus | authority = Beddard, 1908 "1907" | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text Pelobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the family Megophryidae. It was formerly synonymized with Megophrys until 2021, when it was revived as a distinct genus. They inhabit Southeast Asia, namely the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines . Their common name is clay horned toads.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
The following species are recognized in the genus Pelobatrachus:
- Pelobatrachus baluensis (Boulenger, 1899) — Kinabalu horned frog
- Pelobatrachus edwardinae (Inger, 1989) — Edwardina's horned frog
- Pelobatrachus kalimantanensis (Munir, Hamidy, Matsui, Iskandar, Sidik, and Shimada, 2019) — Kalimantan horned frog
- Pelobatrachus kobayashii (Malkmus and Matsui, 1997) — Kobayashi's horned frog
- Pelobatrachus ligayae (Taylor, 1920) — Palawan horned frog
- Pelobatrachus nasutus (Schlegel, 1858) — long-nosed horned frog or Malayan horned frog
- Pelobatrachus stejnegeri (Taylor, 1920) — Mindanao horned frog
References
- ↑ "Pelobatrachus Beddard, 1908 "1907" | Amphibian Species of the World". https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Megophryidae/Megophryinae/Pelobatrachus.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Megophryidae". https://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Megophryidae.shtml.
- ↑ Lyu, Zhi-Tong; Zeng, Zhao-Chi; Wang, Jian; Liu, Zu-Yao; Huang, Ya-Qiong; Li, Wen-Zhou; Wang, Ying-Yong (2021-02-11). "Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus". Zootaxa 4927 (1): 9–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4927.1.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q2379289 entry
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